Steve Jobs caught in a new email exchange about iPhone 4 antenna gripes

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“It’s just a phone,” Apple’s CEO allegedly wrote. Steve Jobs has apparently been caught in another email exchange with a fan inquiring about the iPhone 4 reception issue caused when touching the two antennas found inside the phone’s stainless steel band with your hand.

According to an exclusive Boy Genius Report (who claims to have verified the email headers and information as authentic, but did not post the email headers), Apple’s boss dismissed the reports and user videos describing what looks like a serious hardware glitch. Replying to a reader named Tom, Jobs apparently wrote he got upset “over a few days of rumors,” adding he should “enjoy his family” because getting all worked up over a phone “isn’t worth it.”

What’s interesting here is the claim that an Apple engineer actually first contacted Tom after seeing his iPhone 4 antenna videos, asking him to refrain from further posting:

Apparently, Apple noticed the video, and reached out directly to Tom. While talking with Apple, Tom was informed that Apple doesn’t consider this an issue, and that anything online is just “rumor hysteria”. Apple also asked Tom not to post further videos.